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about 3 miles in a N.N.E. direction to New 
Walton, then strike eastward, and on the 
N. of Knowsley Park, enter the coal-field; 
and proceed across the same (see p. 252 of 
our present yol., and Smith’s geological 
map) to near Worsley, and thence (across 
the unconformable red Rock, on which the 
Jine began) to the western end of Water- 
street, in Manchester. The cost of the Act, 
of land, and of forming the same to the 
proper shape, with bridges, &c., of rails and 
laying, of loco-motive engines, and all other 
matters of out fit, has been estimated by 
Mr. Stephenson, at £400,000, which it is 
proposed to raise in £100 shares. 
Married.| At Childwall, the Rev. S. W. 
Perkins, a.m. Rector of Stockton, Warwick- 
shire, to Mary Ann, only daughter of James 
Swan, esq., Olive Mount.—The Rev. Wm. 
Birkett ,m.a., to Mary, daughter of Samuel 
Horrocks, esq. M.p.—At Deane, J. 'T. Sil- 
vester, esq., of Chorley, to Miss E, J. Edge, 
daughter of the late J. Edge, esq., of Moss- 
house, Middle Hilton.—At Rochdale, R. 
Entwistle, esq., of Lamblethurn Cottage, 
Glamorgan, to Miss Royds, of Moules Ful- 
nage, near Rochdale-—At Liverpool, C. 
H. Clug, esq., to Miss E. Dawson.—J. 
Coupland, esq., to Mary Anne, second 
daughter of W. M. Duncan, esq.—At the 
Mauritius, Major Marshall, of the 82d regt., 
to Mary, daughter of J. Hervey, esq., of 
Ardwick Green. 
Died.| At Edge-hill, aged 32, Susannah, 
wife of Mr. N. W. Blundell.—At Beau- 
mont Cote Hall, 55, Thomas Butler, esq., 
eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Butler, 
Recter of Bentham and Whittington.— 
G. Haigh, esq., of Brinscale Hall.—At 
Kirkham, Edward King, esq., late Vice- 
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and 
brother to the Lord Bishop of Rochester. 
: CHESHIRE. 
The Marple.and Laughton Junction Ca- 
nal, between the Peat Forest and the Trent 
and Mersey canals, at these two points, at 
about 23 miles of direct distance apart, in a 
S,S.W: direction, was determined on by a 
meeting lately held at Macclesfield; em- 
bracing collateral branches to that thriving 
town, and also to Stockport: great part of 
the proposed shares were subscribed for, and 
a bill ordered to be prepared for the next 
Session of Parliament. 
Married.} At Chester, Mr. T. Rowe, to 
Miss Johnson.— At Aston, Mr. R. J. Parry, 
of Birmingham, to Miss Warner, of Bir- 
mingham,— At Overton, Mr. S. Henry, of 
Chester, to Miss J. Farral, of Frodsham. 
« Dird.| At Knutsford, aged 34, J. Mag- 
man, esq., R.M.—57, Mary, the wife of Abel 
Hyde, esq., of Stayley, in Cheshire.— 26, 
the Rev. Henry Nicholson, curate of Ryton. 
DERBYSHIRE. 
Excessive Rain happened here on the 11th 
and 12th of October, amounting to. near 
3 inches of perpendicular depth; which has 
not been equalled since the 13th and 14th of 
Aug. 1762, according to the Chatsworth 
Cheshire—Derbyshire—Nottinghamshire. 
[ Dec, }, 
Register of 50 years standing ; see the county 
Report, vol. I. p. 101: the floods near 
Derby, were excessively high and destructive. 
Married.] At Derby, Mr. Benjamin Red- 
shaw, to Miss Collumbell, daughter of Mr, 
Wm. Collumbell —At Repton, Robert Gil- 
bert, Knt. S. W. to Sarah, relict of the late 
Thomas Taylor, esq., of Ridgeway House, 
Derbyshire. — At Measham, Thos. Biddulph, 
gent. of that place, aged 80, to Miss Ann 
Parker, formerly of Repton, aged 40.— 
Ilkeston, William Green, gent., to Miss 
Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Jolin Simpson. 
~—Mr. Samuel Bostock, to Miss Elizabeth 
Gratton, eldest daughter of the late Mr. 
Gratton, formerly of Nottingham.—Mr. 
Samuel Groce, of Little Hallam, to Miss 
Elizabeth Webster, of Beeston, Nottingham- 
shire. — At Derby, Mr. Charles Clayton, to 
Miss Ann Hardy, both of Nottingham.— 
‘At Derby, Mr. Wm. Bailey, of South Col- 
lingham, Nottingh:«mshire, to Miss Hannah 
Smith, of Derby.— At Derby, Mr. William 
Charles Shardlow, of Manchester, to Miss 
Elizabeth Webster Jowett, of Breason, Der- 
byshire.—At Thorn, Mr. John Felkin, to 
Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Kelvy, 
of Gainsborough.— Rev. W. Dewe, to So- 
phia, daughter of the late Wm. Godley, 
esq. of Chester. 
Died.| At Hopwell Hall, T. Pares, esq.— 
At Chesterfield, aged 83,.J. Storrs, esq , 
of the Society of Friends. — At Codnor Park, 
22, T. Davies, esq.— At Derby, 85, Mrs. 
Baker.—At Derby, 74, Mrs. Hatuell.— 
At Derby, 40,. Mr. F, Henshaw.—At 
Grandfield House, near Losco, Mrs. Kirk- 
land.—At Ripley, 36, Miss E. Kirby.— 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
Married.] At Nottingham, the Rev. D. S. 
Tatham, to Miss Rebecca Grayburn, Brands- 
burton, Yorkshire.—Mr. Joseph Clayton, tov > 
Miss Mary Anne Markham ; Mr. Richard 
Farrands, to Miss Anu Wallis; Mr. Wm. 
Wilford, to Miss Mary Anne Ward; Mr. 
Samuel James, to Miss E. W. Weston, of 
Radford; Mr. Samuel Staples, to Miss 
Catharine Bradshaw; Mr. Wm. Harby, to 
Miss Hannah Edgeley ; Mr. George Moore, 
to Miss Maria Varnsvery; Mr. Wm. Ca- 
zaby, to Miss Mary Bullen ; Mr. Thomas 
Scrimshaw, of Ratcliff, to Mrs. Martha 
Allen, Nottingham; R. B. Frank, esq., of 
Winthorp Hall, Notts, to Caroline, second 
daughter of the Rev. S. Curteis, t1.p., of 
Turnham Green.—At Ashby-de-la Zouch, 
Samuel Booth, gent., of Nottingham, to 
Miss Mary Moss, of the Ivanhoe Baths, 
Ashby; Rev. J. W. Brooks, of Retford, to 
Sarah, daughter of John Fearby, esq., of 
Poppleton Lodge, near York; Mr. Robert 
Hind, of Radford, to Miss Anne Machin ; 
Mr. Robert Byrne, to Miss Susannah But- 
ler; Mr. David Smith, to Miss Jess; Mr. 
Edward Brown, to Miss Elizabeth Bingham ; 
Mr. Hugh Allison, to Miss Anne Wilkin- 
son; Mr. Henry Cross, to Miss Sarah Bery ; 
Mr. Wm. Gambol, to Miss Anne Inman ; 
Mr. Wm. Rayall, to Miss Anne Rainbow ; 
Mr. 
